Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/groudos

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 This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Matasović has attempted to compare this word to Old English grēada (“breast, lap”) and Proto-Slavic *grǫdь (“breast”), but he admits that the semantic difference to those is quite awkward.[1]

Noun

*groudos n

  1. cheek

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *groudos *groudese? *groudesa
vocative *groudos *groudese? *groudesa
accusative *groudos *groudese? *groudesa
genitive *groudesos *groudesous? *groudesom
dative *groudesē *groudesbom *groudesbos
locative *groudesi *? *?
instrumental *groudesē *groudesbim *groudesbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *grʉð
  • Old Irish: grúad

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*growdos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
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